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“Architecture is the art which so disposes and adorns the edifices raised by man, that the sight of them may contribute to his mental health, power, and pleasure.”

Men May Art Pleasure Sight Mental Health Raised Architecture Edifice

Book:The seven lamps of architecture

Source: The seven lamps of architecture

“You remember my ideal cat has always a huge rat in its mouth, just going out of sight - though going out of sight in itself has a peculiar pleasure.”

Remember Justice Pleasure Huge Mouths Ideals Cat Sight Peculiar Going Out Rats

Book:Delphi Complete Works of Emily Dickinson (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Emily Dickinson (Illustrated)

“Envy and resentment are terribly corrosive passions. To suffer at the sight or even the thought of others' enjoyment of life makes one a committed enemy of human happiness. Such people end up being practically a curse upon the human race. They vandalize life, exerting themselves not in the pursuit of gain or pleasure, but to hinder others' enjoyment.”

Source: The Making of the Messiah: Christianity and Resentment

“Yet, sluggard, wake, and gull thy soul no more With earth's false pleasures, and the world's delight, Whose fruit is fair and pleasing to the sight, But sour in taste, false as the putrid core: Thy flaring glass is gems at her half light; She makes thee seeming rich, but truly poor: She boasts a kernel, and bestows a shell; Performs an inch of her fair-promis'd ell: Her words protest a heav'n; her works produce a hell.”

Source: Emblems, Divine and Moral: The School of the Heart ; And, Hieroglyphics of the Life of Man

“It used to happen, and still happens, to me to take no pleasure in a work of art at the first sight of it, because it is too much for me; but if I suspect any merit in it, I try to get at it; and then I never fail to make the most gratifying discoveries--to find new qualities in the work itself and new faculties in myself.”

Ifs Trying Firsts Art Stills Happens Used Pleasure Quality Too Much Failing Discovery Sight Merit Faculty Suspects Works Of Art

Book:Maxims and Reflections

Source: Maxims and Reflections

“Duplicity is necessary in daily life, in that it covers many unpleasant things from sight, so they may not disturb the pleasure of others.”

May Pleasure Sight Daily Life Duplicity

Author:Edouard Rene de Laboulaye

“Sweet sleep be with us, one and all! And if upon its stillness fall The visions of a busy brain, We'll have our pleasure o'er again, To warm the heart, to charm the sight, Gay dreams to all! good night, good night.”

Ifs Heart Dream Night Fall Sleep Pleasure Brain Vision Sweet Gay Sight Busy Warm Charm Stillness Good Night Sweet Sleep

Book:Dramas: The separation: a tragedy. The stripling: a tragedy ... written in prose. The phantom: a musical drama. Enthusiasm: a comedy

Source: Dramas: The separation: a tragedy. The stripling: a tragedy ... written in prose. The phantom: a musical drama. Enthusiasm: a comedy

“Our sages of blessed memory have said that we must not enjoy any pleasure in this world without reciting a blessing. If we eat any food, or drink any beverage, we must recite a blessing over them before and after. If we breathe the scent of goodly grass, the fragrance of spices, the aroma of good fruits, we pronounce a blessing over the pleasure. The same applies to pleasures of the sight. And the same applies to pleasures of the ear.”

Ifs World Said Enjoy Memories Pleasure This World Drink Blessing Ears Sight Blessed Fruit Breathe Grass Scent Sage Fragrance Spices Beverages Aroma Before And After Reciting

Author:Shmuel Yosef Agnon

“Thoughts and emotions which never perhaps were in the mind of the artist, never were anticipated, never were intended by him - may be strongly suggested by his work. This is an important part of the morals of art, which we must never lose sight of. Art is not only for pleasure and profit, but for good and for evil.”

Mind May Art Important Artist Evil Loses Pleasure Emotion Moral Art Is Sight Profit Thoughts And Emotions

Book:A commonplace book of thoughts, memories and fancies, original and selected

Source: A commonplace book of thoughts, memories and fancies, original and selected

“sight-seeing gratifies us in different ways. First, there is the pleasure of novelty; secondly, either that of admiration or fault-finding - the latter a very animated enjoyment.”

Way Firsts Different Pleasure Seeing Travel Findings Sight Faults Different Ways Enjoyment Latter Admiration Novelty Animated Fault Finding

Book:Romance and Reality

Source: Romance and Reality

“Almost all men, and those that seem to be very miserable, love life, because they cannot bear to lose sight of such a beautiful and lovely world. The ideas, that every moment whilst we live have a beauty that we take not distinct notice of, brings a pleasure that, when we come to the trial, we had rather live in much pain and misery than lose.”

Men World Ideas Moments Seems Pain Beautiful Loses Pleasure Bears Sight Misery Lovely Trials Miserable Love Life

Author:Jonathan Edwards

“Amid the push to excellence, with its measurement and accountability, it is easy to lose sight of a key ingredient in reading a book - the pleasure it bring us, something too many boil down to a dirty word: FUN.”

Book Reading Fun Easy Loses Pleasure Keys Sight Excellence Dirty Accountability Ingredients Measurement Dirty Words

Author:Jim Trelease

“My will shall be done regardless of the flaws in thy life, if ye count upon the power of My righteousness. I do not work only in cases where there are no obstacles; but I glory in over-ruling the prevailing circumstances, and I take pleasure in bringing victories in those places where no victory is anywhere in sight.”

Ifs Done Pleasure Cases Victory Circumstances Glory Sight Obstacles Flaws Righteousness Ruling Prevailing

Book:Come Away My Beloved

Source: Come Away My Beloved